to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
one day; (on) a certain day
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
willpower; energy; vitality
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
living thing; living creature; animal; life
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
vitality; (one's) life force
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
true character; true heart; true spirit
war; fighting; fierce competition
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
great war; great battle; world war
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
older sister; elder sister
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
hermaphrodite; androgyny; hermaphroditism
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
showing no signs of (verb); extremely unlikely to (verb)
to get drunk; to become tipsy
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside